I got my first real six string
Bought it at the five and dime
Played it til my fingers bled
Was the summer of ´69

Me and some guys from school
Had a band and we tried real hard
Jimmy quit and Jody got married
I shoulda known we´d never get far

But when I look back now
That summer seemed to last forever
And if I had the choice
Ya - I´d always wanna be there
Those were the best days of my life

Ain´t no use in complainin´
When you got a job to do
Spent my evenin´s down at the drive-in
And that´s when I met you - ya

Standin´ on your mama´s porch
You told me that you´d wait forever
Oh and when you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of ´69

Man we were killin´ time
We were young and restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin´ can last forever - forever, no...

And now the times are changin´
Look at everything that´s come and gone
Sometimes when I play that old six string
I think about ya´n wonder what went wrong

Standin´ on your mama´s porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh the way you held my hand
I knew that it was now or never
Those were the best days of my life

Back in the summer of ´69